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<div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><small>Tanner Foust's 2009 Olsbergs MSE ROCKSTAR Ford Fiesta - Click above for high-res image gallery </small><br /></div>
<br />Ford knows better than most that the way into an American car buyer's heart is through motor racing, so the latest step in Ford's North American "Fiesta Movement" is the deployment of the compact hatchback which we've driven and enjoyed on several occasions on America's most popular rally circuits.<br /><br />Following its entry in the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/28/gronholm-to-pilot-ford-fiesta-at-pikes-peak/">Pikes Peak Hill Climb</a>, Ford will be fielding a team of rally-prepped Fiestas in the upcoming X Games, the 15th running of the famous stunt competition and the first time Ford will participate. Piloting a trio of Fiestas prepared by the same Swedish MSE outfit that created <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/04/22/2009-mse-teamrs-ford-fiesta-debuts-at-european-rallycross-champi/">Marcus Gronholm's rallycross car</a> will be a star-studded line-up comprised of drift champion Tanner Foust, ten-time X Games medalist Brian Deegan and former Indy champion Kenny Brack. With that much talent behind the wheel, we'll look forward to the Fiesta Movement getting into motion at the games running in Los Angeles from July 30 to August 2. Details are available in the press release below the fold and a pair of sketches of the X Games Fiestas can be found in the gallery below.<br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2009-x-games-ford-fiestas/">2009 X Games Ford Fiestas</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2009-x-games-ford-fiestas/2118855/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/07/olsbergrs_xgames_fiesta_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2009-x-games-ford-fiestas/2118854/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/07/olsbergmse_xgames_fiesta_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/02/ford-attacking-x-games-with-star-studded-trio-of-fiesta-rally-ca/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Ford attacking X Games with star-studded trio of Fiesta rally cars</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/02/ford-attacking-x-games-with-star-studded-trio-of-fiesta-rally-ca/">Ford attacking X Games with star-studded trio of Fiesta rally cars</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:58:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/02/ford-attacking-x-games-with-star-studded-trio-of-fiesta-rally-ca/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19084013/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/02/ford-attacking-x-games-with-star-studded-trio-of-fiesta-rally-ca/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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<div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><small>Tanner Foust's 2009 Olsbergs MSE ROCKSTAR Ford Fiesta - Click above for high-res image gallery </small><br /></div>
<br />Ford knows better than most that the way into an American car buyer's heart is through motor racing, so the latest step in Ford's North American "Fiesta Movement" is the deployment of the compact hatchback which we've driven and enjoyed on several occasions on America's most popular rally circuits.<br /><br />Following its entry in the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/28/gronholm-to-pilot-ford-fiesta-at-pikes-peak/">Pikes Peak Hill Climb</a>, Ford will be fielding a team of rally-prepped Fiestas in the upcoming X Games, the 15th running of the famous stunt competition and the first time Ford will participate. Piloting a trio of Fiestas prepared by the same Swedish MSE outfit that created <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/04/22/2009-mse-teamrs-ford-fiesta-debuts-at-european-rallycross-champi/">Marcus Gronholm's rallycross car</a> will be a star-studded line-up comprised of drift champion Tanner Foust, ten-time X Games medalist Brian Deegan and former Indy champion Kenny Brack. With that much talent behind the wheel, we'll look forward to the Fiesta Movement getting into motion at the games running in Los Angeles from July 30 to August 2. Details are available in the press release below the fold and a pair of sketches of the X Games Fiestas can be found in the gallery below.<br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2009-x-games-ford-fiestas/">2009 X Games Ford Fiestas</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2009-x-games-ford-fiestas/2118855/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/07/olsbergrs_xgames_fiesta_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2009-x-games-ford-fiestas/2118854/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/07/olsbergmse_xgames_fiesta_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/02/ford-attacking-x-games-with-star-studded-trio-of-fiesta-rally-ca/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Ford attacking X Games with star-studded trio of Fiesta rally cars</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/02/ford-attacking-x-games-with-star-studded-trio-of-fiesta-rally-ca/">Ford attacking X Games with star-studded trio of Fiesta rally cars</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:58:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/02/ford-attacking-x-games-with-star-studded-trio-of-fiesta-rally-ca/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19084013/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/02/ford-attacking-x-games-with-star-studded-trio-of-fiesta-rally-ca/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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